David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, stands resolute on a 1950s Vidal Lablache map depicting the ancient Near East and the biblical history of the Jewish people. C215, Christian Guemy’s website c215.fr
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Revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh gazes out from a vintage map of Vietnam. A symbol of resilience and national pride C215, Christian Guemy’s website c215.fr
A masked Parisian embrace painted over a map of the City of Lights. C215 reminds us: “l’important c’est d’aimer” (what matters is love). C215, Christian Guemy’s website c215.fr
French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, known for “The Little Prince,” soars over his homeland on a vintage map of France. Where will imagination take you today? C215, Christian Guemy Website : c215.fr
For our second episode, I chose this powerful image of a lion standing proudly over a map of Africa. It evokes the continent’s rich wildlife and the lion’s reign as the apex predator in the savannas and grasslands. C215, Christian Guemy’s English website c215.fr
This week, we start a series with the artist Christian Guemy. C215, Christian Guemy’s artistic pseudonym, is a French street artist renowned for his unique blend of historical figures and vintage map boards. By transforming these weathered maps into canvases, C215 breathes new life into forgotten objects while leaving a […]
Reinder sent this pic of the entrance to the Dutch National Archive, he said “It’s hard to see – but these glass doors in the Dutch National Archives in The Hague do contain a cartographic image of the Netherlands”. Instead of through the looking glass, we have through the cartograph […]
When your Canadian friends have just arrived in London and have settled in. I must admit I am still a bit jealous of their blanket.
Marc-Tobias spotted these designery jeans on his travels in Japan. They are sort of must-have for map loving jeans wearers, you can buy them here
Walter Schwartz sentg us this, he said “Northwestern Mexico, where Baja, Sonora, and Sinaloa provinces are found, has been home to a *lot* of missions since at least 1591. I counted around 100 established in the 1600s and 1700s alone. This picto-map is in the pictured church, La Mision de […]
Derick Rethams spotted this beer mat in his local pub in Maida Vale. For those of you who are interested Southern Hemisphere IPA Northern Monk Collaboration. Motueka and Wai-Iti hops bring notes of lime, stone fruits and citrus, alongside a lofty dry hopping of Eclipse and Nectaron for a vibrant […]
My friend Elizabeth just discovered Stanfords store in Covent Garden, she couldn’t resist sending me a pic but asking me “do you know about this place?” really?!? This isn’t the first time we have featured Stanfords here but it really is the place of pilgrimage for map lovers visiting London.
Reinder shared this pic of Ortelius and his globe by Rubens from his visit to the Plantin-Moretus museum in Antwerp, Belgium. Nice detail
Walking around Parson Green, I discovered this cafe and wine bar, which also sells furniture and cookware. It was too late on a Sunday evening to try it. And the extensive use of the world maps without missing Madagascar and New Zealand is worth a post.